OHU Des Plaines May 2013 Newsletter

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9375 Church St. Des Plaines, Illinois 60016 (847) 824-5180

Kindergarten at Des Plaines Child Development Center 2012-2013

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Our Kindergarten

program offers a

variety of events andfield trips

throughout the

school year.

September:

Welcome

October:

Field Trip to North Maine Fire

Department for Fire Safety

Month

Parent Night

November:

Field Trip to the Chicago

Symphony Orchestra

December:

River Trails Nature Center

January:

Kohl's Children's Museum

Storybus Visit Featuring

Goldilocks and the Three

Bears

Interactive Storyteller

February:Apollo Theater Performance

The Cat in the Hat

100th Day Celebration

Open House

Mongolian New Year

March:

Dupage Children's Museum

April:

Art Institute of Chicago

May 2013

Curriculum

Greetings!

Jolen and Anar read aloud to one another.

Kindergarten is a significant year in a child's development asit marks the introduction to many new learning opportunities.

Kindergarten here at Des Plaines Child Development Center,

prepares your child for more structured learning helping them be

successful for their future educational years. As you begin your

search for Kindergarten you will want to choose a program with

staff members dedicated to helping each child's learning style.

Some areas to consider as you begin your search for the right

program include; facilities business hours and Kindergarten

class hours, pre and post class activities, location, holiday

programing, scheduled days off, child to teacher ratio, and what you

can expect your child to learn in preparation for first grade. Here at

Des Plaines Child Development Center, our program offers hours

from 6:30 a.m. until 6 p.m. with the components of Kindergarten

curriculum beginning at 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Our program facilitates

learning in all of the basic content areas including math, science,reading, writing, social studies and the arts. The program not only

offers studies in all these areas, but it has the opportunity to help

children develop meaningful attachments to their teachers offering a

secure foundation for learning. By remaining in our facility for the

entire day, your child has the opportunity to continue interaction with

the same teachers and classmates. The Kindergarten Program

offers additional opportunities such as working with clay, karate,

music and yoga. Both teachers have Bachelors Degrees in

Education and have been in the field of education for a combined

total of 12 years.

Another added benefit for those currently attending Des Plaines

Child Development Center, is that Kindergarten is an extension of

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Aleah practices her writing skil ls

May:

Chinatown

Graduation

Aleah works on counting up to

100 using a chart, recognizing

patterns and shows a friend even

and odd numbers.

Anar uses his early phonics

skills to sound out words written

about the classroom rules.

Payton, Sailim, Morgan and

Gabrielle work together building

friendship and teamwork with

their structure.

Stay

Connected

our Preschool program. These children are already familiar with

their environment, staff and peer groups. Children transitioning into

our school, are introduced to the children in the program through

group games, team building activities and educational projects

supervised and encouraged by teachers. Social development and

learning how to communicate and problem solve are recognized as

structural foundations for young minds to learn how to cooperate,

share and to respect others. In our Kindergarten program, children

are encouraged to talk to others about their feelings, their thoughts

and ideas, as well as learn to actively listen to others.

Des Plaines Child Development Center help children learn thebehavioral expectations of an elementary school classroom.

Each day includes a mix of free play and structured activities, both

indoors and outdoors, as well as extended quiet periods that

children need. Our program allows time for children to explore, make

choices, accept challenges, become aware of themselves and

others, work through problems, and make sense of the many new

symbols in their world. Our goal is to help children become

confident, productive, thoughtful, caring, and creative human beings

by providing a setting that is stimulating and supportive. The staff

assist the children to work and play together in an atmosphere that

fosters creativity, curiosity, cooperation, community, and growing

independence.

Language Arts, Reading and WritingSkills

Kindergarten introduces children to literature by teaching phonics,

word recognition, and printing letters. These skills give your child a

sense of pride when each of these tasks is mastered. Your child will

learn the letters in their first and last names, followed by the upper

and lower case letters of the alphabet. The Kindergarten students

are exposed to the structure of a sentence needed for early reading

skills.

Kindergarten

teachers work with the

students to help them

understand

and recognize parts of a

sentence. For instance,that all sentences begin

with a capital letter, end

with punctuation, and all

have a subject

(noun) and an action

word (verb).

Children learn the parts

of a story,

understanding the

concept that a story has

a beginning, a middle

and end.

Through learning parts

of the story,

children begin torecognize the main idea,

the characters, and how

to create stories of their

own using story

dictation, until they feel

ready to write words on

their own. They

learn the art of combining letter sounds to develop words,

familiarizing themselves with inventive spelling to write down their

many ideas, identify their illustrations and send notes to their family

and friends.

Recognizing and discriminating simple sight words such as the, and,


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Studying plant li fe such as texture, smell, and root systems are introduced. Here Aleah, Anar, and Gabrielle

explore the veins of a spider plant and compare them to another plant.

The teachers stage experiments that the children could work through on their own about gases, cause andeffect, wind, movement, resistance, decomposing materials, condensation, and learning about the effects of

exercise and healthy food choices.

Children are encouraged to work through their thoughts and ideas to see if they will work. While studying

animals the children visit the River Trails Nature Center. Payton shows one of the many ways children are

empowered to study, observe and listen to support their ideas.


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Anar illustrates a part of the story and uses phonics to sound out the words to

write his caption.

Throughout the school year children are encouraged to explore and read. One way that our Kindergarten

program encourages the love of reading is the study of different authors. Author studies are done to help

students develop their reading skills, build critical thinking skills, improve writing skills, establish a community of

readers and expose children to different types of literary voices and styles. The study begins by learning small

facts about the author, such as where they are from, who they write for, who illustrates their stories, and what

they write about. Next, a collection of books written by this author are brought in for children to explore and

read.

During this time, children are encouraged to write or illustrate their own version of the stories. As a follow-up,

children participate in a graphing activity by documenting their favorite book. Some of our favorite authors are

Jan Brett, Dr. Suess, Julia Donaldson, Eric Carle, Leo Lionni, and Robert Munsch, just to name a few.

Study of ArtsThere are many benefits to using art within the Kindergarten classroom. At the beginning of the

school year, students are at varied levels of self expression. The classroom provides children with a plethora

of materials for enhanced creativity. When your child enters Kindergarten, he/she is invited to participate in art

activities promoting their own style of self expression. Teachers allow students to draw their ideas not only

differentiating instruction but provide students with a variety of options to express their emotions and be

creative. It has been shown that many children are visual learners and using art within the content of the

Kindergarten classroom, the children find it easier to better understand material. Art stimulates both sides of the

brain and promotes learning and can also be one of the most influential and important resources within the

classroom. Allowing students to express themselves through art, is an engaging and stimulating way for them


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Payton replicates Georgia O'Keefe

Mansi rides a scooter coordinating upper and lower

muscles.Katie masters our climbing wall developing upper body

strength.

to show their understanding of material. Art is another

way to stimulate their brains, and it helps students

develop hand and eye coordination.

To illustrate a varied way of expression with artistic

materials, a study of artists takes place. An artist's

pictures are studied to learn about his/her thoughts

and feelings. The children learn about the artist

through biographies, geographical influence and area

of interest.

Art promotes self-esteem with many students.

Students are always proud of their work and theyenjoy sharing and reflecting on their accomplishments.

Asking open-ended questions about their work allows

students to use oral language to describe their work,

as well as feel a sense of pride for their creation. It is

easy to see why the Kindergarten classroom

introduces a variety of important artists to understand,

explore and learn a new style of creating. After learning about our studied artist, children are invited to explore

the artist's techniques using a wide variety of materials and then their artwork is displayed.

Physical Education

Physical education plays a vital role in the students'

development and growth here at One Hope United. Our Kindergarten program promotes the value of physical

fitness by teaching proper hygiene habits such as brushing your teeth, visiting the doctor, eating healthy foods,

and regular exercise. Teachers help children learn that through healthy eating and exercise, children have the

control to avoid preventative diseases such as chronic heart disease, hypertension, diabetes and obesity.

Kindergarten teachers recognize that children need to develop their motor skills promoting hand eye

coordination. Physical activity continues to develop the upper body muscles by encouraging children to use

scooters, push ups, monkey bars and our climbing wall. Our program teaches children the value of core

exercises by having children participate in stationary jumping jacks, abdominal crunches, running and

stretching.


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Our teachers recognize the importance of physical health and it's connection with academic learning. With

cardiovascular activity, children circulate their blood and oxygen, which in turn means more nutrients

throughout the body including the brain. The circulation process produces longer attention span allowing

longer concentration and more retention. Our program allows for children to be active both indoors in our

spacious gym, and outdoors on our large playground.

Our Kindergarten helps students to interact with each other in both body and mind especially when children

participate in group games and sportsmanship. Children learn the basic rules for cooperative games including

soccer, basketball, and hockey.

Contact us

Cheryl Davis-Malone, Child Development Director | Julie L. Doyle-Garcia, Assistant Site Directorwww.onehopeunited.org

9375 Church St.

Des Plaines, IL 60016

Hoping To See You Next Year!

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